Friday, June 09, 2017 I believe I actually got up before 9, Peter had been fishing and even prepped some firewood. After we ate pancakes and eggs, we decided to head for Adams lake, which would involve a few portages to the Kawishiwi, Trumpline, Beaver, and Adams. We had to lift over a couple beaver dams, but made it to Beaver and jigged for Walleyes. There were none willing to cooperate with our endeavor, so after a while we found the portage to Adams, took some Loon pictures and began the portage. As is often mentioned, the Beaver side of the portage is sharp rugged rocks and once you get on shore, you are next to a wall of rock. This was a beautiful portage and on the Adams side, there was a large rock/hill and I decided that I was going to climb to the top because I could (actually to see if I could). I get very nervous at heights, but as I started ascending the big hill, I could see a route to the top. Peter chose to stay below and check out the back of his eyelids. Halfway up, I nearly put my hand on a snake (the only one I saw on this trip), but he slithered away and I was left unharmed, but shaken – not stirred! The trees blocked the view from the top, but I still had fun and pushed myself past my comfort zone. Once we got paddling on Adams, I caught lunch (a good eater northern) and we had some fish to go with the Mac & Cheese. We explored around the big island on the south side of the lake and worked our way into the back bays. Adams is a very pretty lake and I would like to go back for a few days. As we came out on the main body of water, the wind was picking up, so we headed north to Campsite 1045, where Peter cleaned the northern and I started lunch. We were graced with the presence of a Flock of Seagulls (but Mike Score was nowhere to be seen) and a beautiful mature bald eagle. I need a better camera, (got a Nikon D7200) or the Eagle’s need to fly closer! After eating, we headed back to camp, and it appeared we were going to be dumped on, but the rain never came except for a light mist. It was a long day, but a good day.   ~Malberg Lake, River Lake, Beaver Lake, Adams Lake

Lakes Traveled:   Malberg Lake, River Lake, Beaver Lake, Adams Lake,